Chapter 277, two more islands
Dragon Boat Festival in the 8th year of Jiankang, the Wuchang Bofu was very lively. Apart from the relatives and friends who had contacts on weekdays, there were also many nobles who showed up.
Shi Dingxuan married Song Jiusi's daughter, and became the temporary chief arrester of the southern chief arresting yamen; Shi Fuyin was married by the empress dowager, and was about to marry into the mansion of An Guogong. For these two reasons, he was worthy of a noble family. Take a high look at Wuchangbo Mansion.
"No wonder."
Looking at the crowded Wuchangbo Mansion, Shi Fuxin looked emotional.
Xiaofang asked curiously, "Girl, why is that?"
Shi Fuxin said calmly: "No wonder when it comes to marrying wives and daughters, so many people want to marry into a noble family, or marry a noble daughter from a noble family."
Whether it is the Song family or the An Guogong's mansion, they are both more powerful than Wuchangbo's mansion, and the two marriages have instantly increased the value of Wuchangbo's mansion.
With value, someone will come to the door without doing anything.
After hearing this, Mother Leng laughed and said, "After becoming in-laws, the two families are bound together, and part of the fame, power, resources, and connections can be shared."
Marrying a noble family is the quickest way to improve the family lintel, which naturally attracts countless people to sharpen their heads.
Shi Fuxin didn't speak. Two families from the wrong family got married. Outsiders mostly saw the power and fame shared by the superior, but the superior was not a fool. The chosen inferior often paid the price of others. Unimaginably heavy.
The chief arresting yamen in the south has a lot of power, but the danger is not small; the lintel of Anguo Gong's mansion is prominent, but her sister has to be the childbearing tool.
Nobody gets something for nothing!
"Where is sister?"
"The third girl is receiving ladies from various families in the Fucui Pavilion."
"oh."
"Girl, why don't you go to Miss San? Girl, this is the way to the front yard."
"Of course I know the way to the front yard."
"There are men in the front yard."
"Just to see the male customers."
"Girl, this is against the rules. It's not good if someone sees it."
"I won't be found out."
In the gazebo in the front yard, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Cai Xiaohou were talking. When they saw that King Duan also sent someone to deliver the Dragon Boat Festival gift, the two couldn't help but glance at each other.
Master Zhao looked emotional: "When Dingxuan left Beijing, I thought Wuchang Bofu would be quiet again, but I didn't expect it to be another step forward now."
Master Cai Xiaohou smiled and said: "Master Zhao, what you said is a bit inaccurate. You should not say Wuchang Bofu, but Shizhenghe Family."
Master Zhao paused, and then smiled again: "Young Master said so."
Master Cai Xiaohou continued to laugh and said: "As long as Shi Dingxuan can gain a firm foothold in the southern chief arresting yamen, and Miss Shi San can secure the position of head and mother of Duke Anguo's mansion, Shi Zhenghe and his family will truly lay a foundation in the capital."
Master Zhao: "Actually, Zhenghe's family has already established a foundation in the capital."
Master Cai Xiaohou thought of something, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, it has been there for a long time. I almost forgot Miss Shi Liu. The tax money that Hong Yanxiao paid this year surprised the emperor."
Master Zhao smiled: "Sister Shi Liu is indeed very talented in business."
At this time, there was a commotion in the front yard, and the two looked for the sound, and found that An Guogong Xiao Ziqing had arrived.
Seeing Xiao Ziqing, Mr. Zhao's eyes flickered, and he blurted out: "It is said that the third younger sister Shi is admiring Duke An, but in my opinion, the third younger sister Shi is more than enough to match Duke An."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Mr. Zhao regretted it. He and Young Master Cai are not very familiar. The reason why he sat together today is because he is not familiar with other people.
Who knows, Master Cai Xiaohou also agrees on his face, he is the son of a general, he likes a man who stands up to the sky, Xiao Ziqing is too weak in his eyes.
"Heh~"
Hearing Master Cai Xiaohou laughing suddenly, Mr. Zhao looked over: "What's wrong?"
Master Cai Xiaohou smiled and said: "The heroic and valiant Miss Shi San will be given to the frail Xiao Ziqing. I wonder who will the delicate and lovely Shi Six get?"
Seeing the weird smile on Master Cai Xiaohou's face, Mr. Zhao was very surprised. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that Master Cai Xiaohou had a wicked taste of wanting to watch a good show.
Did Sixth Sister offend him?
Eldest Master Zhao wanted to ask. At this moment, Xiao Ziqing and Su Yuze walked over.
Master Cai Xiaohou asked with a smile: "Mr. An, why are there only you and Mr. Su and Cao Yunting today?"
"Yun Ting has something to do."
Xiao Ziqing thought of seeing Cao Yunting yesterday, Cao Yunting told him that Miss Xiahou suffered a lot of jokes because the Empress Dowager finally made Fuyin his wife, and felt a little guilty.
After all, Miss Xiahou's reputation has been damaged because of him.
Su Yuze understood his friend's guilt, and quickly changed the topic with a smile.
After that, the four of them talked about other things. Not long after, under the leadership of the uncle of the Shi family, some young princes also gathered together. For a while, the pavilion was full of young princes in their prime.
Shi Fuxin leaned on the courtyard wall, looking at the young men in the front yard, tall, short, fat, thin, handsome, elegant, romantic, rough, there are all kinds of styles.
But after only watching for a while, Shi Fuxin left without interest.
Xiaofang was relieved when she saw that her girl had returned to the backyard.
Fortunately, the young masters who came this time, except for An Guogong, are not particularly good-looking.
She knows that her girl likes to see beautiful men very much.
The Empress Dowager pointed out Shi Fuyin to An Guogong as his wife, but did not choose Xiahou Huanyan, which indeed caused Xiahou Huanyan and Dingguo Gongfu to suffer some criticism.
No way, Xiahou Huanyan, who was born in Dingguo's mansion, is no better than Shi Fuyin, who grew up in the border and only returned to Beijing in her teens. It's really incredible.
Someone who has such a good thing, but also took the opportunity to spread the word, is it because Xiahou Huanyan has some hidden disease, otherwise why didn't the Empress Dowager take a fancy to it?
Even if the Empress Dowager summoned Mrs. Dingguo Gong and Xiahou Huanyan and gave them a lot of things, it didn't stop the discussion.
Xia Hou Huanyan personally experienced the lethality of gossip for the first time, and locked herself in the room directly, even if it was the Dragon Boat Festival, she did not spend it with her family.
Mrs. Ding Guogong also felt ashamed because of the marriage referral, and she was not in the mood to prepare for this year's Dragon Boat Festival.
"Ma'am, Mrs. Ping Guogong and Mrs. Cao are here."
After hearing the maid's report, Mrs. Dingguo got up directly to pick her up.
Mrs. Ding Guogong and Mrs. Ping Guogong have a very good personal relationship on weekdays and walk around very frequently.
"Auntie, how is Huan Yan?"
Cao Yunting asked about Xiahou Huanyan after seeing the ceremony with Mrs. Dingguo.
Mrs. Ding Guogong sighed: "The girl has been shutting herself in the room these days, and no one can persuade her to come out. She is so anxious."
Cao Yunting immediately said: "I'll go and see her."
Mrs. Ding Guogong glanced at Cao Yunting, then looked at Mrs. Ping Guogong who was looking at her with a smile, hesitated for a moment, and called the maid: "Go and tell the girl that Cao Shizi is here, and ask her to entertain guests in the garden."
Cao Yunting smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm going to the garden to wait for the happy face."
Mrs. Ding Guogong watched Cao Yunting leave, and then she looked at her friend Mrs. Ping Guogong: "Yunting is a good boy."
Mrs. Pingguo immediately sat next to Mrs. Dingguo, and joked: "Since you think my Yun Ting is good, why don't you let him be your son-in-law?"
Seeing that Mrs. Dingguo didn't speak, she said again, "I didn't come here to take advantage of the fire. My family Yun Ting has always liked your family's happy face, you know that."
"In the past, when the children were young, they thought many things too well and beautifully. Now that they have encountered some things, they can look at problems more objectively. I think this is a blessing in disguise."
"The two children can be considered to have grown up together since they were young. They know the basics. They didn't care about it before. Maybe in the future, let them get along more now. If we can see each other, don't you and I solve a big problem?"
Mrs. Dingguo looked at her friend: "What if you don't see right?"
Ping Guogong's wife laughed and said: "That means the two children are not destined, how should our two families get along with each other?"
Duke Dingguo's wife sighed, this is the only way to go now.
Shen Nong Tang’s convoy transporting medicinal materials was robbed by pirates after setting off from the North Sea. A total of seven cargo ships were robbed!
Shi Fuxin read the content on the note, her eyes sank suddenly, after smashing the note, she thought about it, got up and went to Yiguiyuan.
"Mother, don't you want to send something to brother and sister-in-law?"
Jin Yuee was checking the warehouse list, and when she saw her little daughter coming, she immediately smiled and said, "Of course I will, your brother got married too suddenly, and our family didn't prepare a dowry for the woman's family, so my mother can't express it."
Shi Fuxin smiled and sat next to Jin Yue'e: "Mother, I want to go see brother with the person who delivered the things."
Jin Yuee opened her mouth to refuse, but Shi Fuxin said directly: "Mother, when Mr. Song was arrested, I don't know if brother was by my side? If he was, would brother also be injured?"
"If my daughter goes there, I will definitely help my brother to check his body, and if there is any hidden disease, he can be cured immediately."
Hearing this, Jin Yuee hesitated: "But going out is too dangerous, something happened to you last time."
Shi Fuxin: "Mother, it was an accident last time, I must be careful this time, besides, there are servants from the mansion and the bodyguards I invited, and nothing will happen."
Jin Yuee thought for a while and said: "When your father comes back, you can ask your father. As long as your father agrees, I will not say anything."
Shi Fuxin smiled immediately: "Okay, it's a deal."
The next afternoon, Jin Yuee looked at Shi Zhenghe resentfully and depressedly, and then watched her little daughter leave the city with the servants in the mansion.
Shizheng rubbed his nose with embarrassment. Yesterday the younger daughter found him and said to go to see Goro. Of course he refused, and then the younger daughter made a bet with him.
What are you betting on?
Bet that he can't beat her.
Shi Zhenghe accepted the bet confidently, and before he could make a move, he was pinned down by his youngest daughter, and at the same time, more than a dozen silver needles were inserted into various acupuncture points on his body.
At that time, his back was wet.
"Father, don't be afraid, I will use silver needles to unblock your meridians. Of course, if you are my enemy, your body is already stiff."
Thinking of the little daughter smiling and pulling out the silver needles one by one from her body, Shi Zhenghe shivered.
The little daughter was so fast that he didn't even see how she made the move.
The things sent to Shi Dingxuan this time, apart from those prepared by Jin Yue'e, were also given by other people in the Bo's residence, and more than ten horse-drawn carts were used to transport them.
Out of the city gate, Shi Fuxin asked Anran to dress up as herself. With Xiaofang and two ninth-rank guards cooperating with Anran, Shi Fuxin left alone with peace of mind, and went to Beihai as quickly as possible.
Baiyun Island in the North Sea, Master Xiang has given up hope for the cargo ship that was robbed. There are many islands in the south of Dachu, and pirates occupy the islands, and they all have a lot of power.
There are still too few people in his hand, and he can't compete with the pirates at all.
What he didn't expect was that Shi Fuxin came just a few days after Fei Ge sent out the letter.
"Six girls!"
Master Xiang looked at Shi Fuxin blankly.
Beihai Baiyun Island is located in the southernmost part of Dachu, thousands of kilometers away from the capital!
After running around for several days, Shi Fuxin was also tired, so she ate something, took a bath, rested for the night, and asked Master Xiang to tell her about the pirates early the next morning.
"Pirates in the southern waters are very rampant, and they all have islands as their territories. The big pirates have tens of thousands of people, and the small pirates also have hundreds of thousands of people."
Shi Fuxin showed surprise: "Tens of thousands of pirates? This is not a small scale. Didn't the imperial court send troops to wipe it out?"
Master Xiang shook his head: "Pirates never like to fight, and with the wide sea area, it is very difficult for the imperial navy's navy to hunt them down."
Shi Fuxin was silent for a moment: "How many islands are there to the south?"
Master Xiang shook his head: "I don't know how many, I know that there are more than a dozen, and most of them are occupied by the five major pirate forces."
Shi Fuxin: "Who knows the pirate who robbed our medicinal materials?"
Master Xiang nodded: "It's the Sea Snake Gang, one of the five big pirates in Nanyu."
Shi Fuxin: "How many islands does the Sea Snake Gang have?"
Master Xiang looked at Shi Fuxin: "Two, each is bigger than our Baiyun Island, and the distance is not far from us."
Shi Fuxin pondered for a while, and looked at him: "If I take these two islands, can you eat them?"
Master Xiang's eyelids twitched, and he reminded: "There are more than 10,000 people in the Sea Snake Gang."
Seeing that Shi Fuxin's expression didn't fluctuate, Master Xiang pondered for a while, then looked at Shi Fuxin: "It's okay to eat."
Shi Fuxin was a little skeptical: "Are you sure?"
Master Xiang nodded affirmatively: "There are many displaced people in the south. The government has always wanted to arrange these people. I can cooperate with the court and hire people to help grow medicinal materials and flowers on the island."
Shi Fuxin took a look at Master Xiang. She had also noticed this man's ability in the past two years. At the beginning, he was asked to leave with nine people, but whether it was Baiyun Island or the Blue Sky Ranch in Liaodong, this man managed everything. Vibrant and impressive, he is a talent for doing facts.
"Come and not reciprocate."
Shi Fuxin stood up: "Since the Sea Snake Gang robbed us of our medicinal materials, if we seize the island, it can be regarded as retaliation for retribution."
Master Xiang saw that Shi Fuxin was serious, and hurriedly said: "I'll call someone."
Shi Fuxin stopped him: "You don't need to call for someone, just find a guide."
Master Xiang stared at Fu Xin for a while, and went down to get ready.
Two quarters of an hour later, Shi Fuxin and Master Xiang boarded the boat and went straight to the island where the Sea Snake Gang is located.
Within half a day, two side-by-side islands appeared in Shi Fuxin's sight.
"You are waiting on the boat."
After finishing speaking, Shi Fuxin stepped onto the sea and flew onto the island.
"Master, can Miss Six go to the island alone?"
Master Xiang's eyes sparkled: "Whether it works or not, we will know soon."
Two hours later, Master Xiang and others saw Shi Fuxin coming out of the first island and going to the second island.
"Let's go to the island."
Master Xiang took people to the first island. After a while, several people were dumbfounded.
The pirates lost all their force, and rolled on the ground with their heads in their hands.
Master Xiang even looked at more than a dozen pirates, but he didn't find out where they were injured.
"Master, except for the pirate leaders, no one is dead."
Master Xiang gave an 'hmm' and began to lead his men to inspect the situation on the island.
The pirates only burned, killed, looted and did not produce, and most of the island was left unused.
When it was dark, Shi Fuxin came out from another island.
"Tomorrow you can send people to take over these two islands."
Master Xiang asked, "What about the living pirates?"
Shi Fuxin: "Their headaches will last for several days. You tell them that they are poisoned and need an antidote to continue to live. In the future, you will cook a pot of medicine for them to drink every once in a while. Said it was the antidote."
"As for how to control these pirates, I believe you have a way, right?"
Master Xiang looked serious, but he still nodded.
Shi Fuxin smiled: "Okay, I'm going back to the boat to rest, tomorrow you will take me to visit the other four pirates' territory."
Master Xiang was surprised, he could still do it after eating a sea snake gang, but if he got into trouble with other pirates, he would be a little overwhelmed.
Shi Fuxin glanced at Master Xiang, seeing that he was thinking about it, and said with a smile: "I don't want to receive another letter from Fei Ge after a few days after I left, saying that the two islands I just got were lost. "
What are you going to do on other island sites?
Of course it is deterrent by force!
(end of this chapter)